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Trustworthy I-O Master’s and PhD. Program Rankings

NeoAcademic

As I’ve explained on this blog before, evaluating program quality a complicated problem. By the way, I’m defining “trustworthy” as based upon empirical data, reporting a transparent ranking methodology, and where a reasonable argument could be made for construct validity of “program quality.”

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Then it wasn’t.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

TOC has fully developed methodologies for determining the right location of buffers in projects as well as in manufacturing. 5] Once in Red, Always in Red , Albert Ponsteen (2017). [6] References: [1] “Never Say I Know” and the Limitations of our (Reasonable) Knowledge , Eli Schragenheim (2016). [2]